Anya Taylor-Joy

Biography

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she left school at 16 to pursue an acting career. After several minor television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). Her career progressed with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020).  Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), and the black comedy The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). She starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anya Taylor-Joy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Peaky Blinders

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (44)

• The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum2027 · as Seren
• Dune: Part Three2026 · as Alia Atreides
• Sacrifice2026 · as Joan
• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie2026 · as Princess Peach (voice)
• Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller2025 · as Self
• It’s a Mad Max World2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Her Dior2025 · as Herself
• The Gorge2025 · as Drasa
• Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 20242024 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: Black & Chrome2024 · as Furiosa
• Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa2024 · as Self
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024 · as Furiosa
• Dune: Part Two2024 · as Alia Atreides (uncredited)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023 · as Princess Peach (voice)
• The Menu2022 · as Margot
• Amsterdam2022 · as Libby Voze
• The Northman2022 · as Olga of the Birch Forest
• Last Night in Soho2021 · as Sandie
• Here Are the Young Men2021 · as Jen
• Creating The Queen's Gambit2021 · as Self - Beth Harmon
• Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2020 · as Cinderella
• The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year2020 · as Self
• The New Mutants2020 · as Illyana Rasputin
• Radioactive2020 · as Irène Aged 18
• Emma.2020 · as Emma Woodhouse
• Love, Antosha2019 · as Self
• Playmobil: The Movie2019 · as Marla
• Glass2019 · as Casey Cooke
• Crossmaglen2018 · as Ana
• Thoroughbreds2018 · as Lily
• The Miniaturist2017 · as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman
• Marrowbone2017 · as Allie
• The Making of 'Split'2017 · as Self
• Split2017 · as Casey Cooke
• Barry2016 · as Charlotte Baughman
• Morgan2016 · as Morgan
• The Witch2016 · as Thomasin
• Viking Quest2014 · as Mani
• Vampire Academy2014 · as Feeder Girl
• Dinner and Diatribes—
• Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic— · as Joni Mitchell
• She comes for revenge— · as Melissa (voice)
• Untitled Third Super Mario Bros. Film— · as Peach (voice)
• Luck— · as herself

All TV Shows (24)

• Lucky2026 · as Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong
• The Queen's Gambit2020 · as Beth Harmon
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as Brea (voice)
• The Miniaturist2017 · as Petronella Brandt
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Atlantis2013 · as Cassandra
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as Gina Gray
• Endeavour2013 · as Philippa Collins-Davidson
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Sucré salé2002 · as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• How to Kill Your Family— · as Grace Bernard